I live in fricken' paradise!

[JulesMaximus]

It is 75 degrees here, nice on-shore breeze blowing, not a cloud in the sky.

Absolutely beautiful.

I love it here. :thumbsup:

 

[Kirby]

Where would that be?

 

[Leros]

Haha, my thread now!

Heres the OP:

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It is 75 degrees here, nice on-shore breeze blowing, not a cloud in the sky.

Absolutely beautiful.

I love it here. :thumbsup:

 

[mharr7]

I love Florida...lived here my whole life, no reason to leave(unless for the Virgin Islands or something like that

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: nkgreen
Where would that be?

Cali-fucking-fornia... where else?

 

[rudeguy]

It snowed this morning. SNOW! IN APRIL!

GRRRRRRRRR

 

[JulesMaximus]

San Diego baby!

 

[Billb2]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It is 75 degrees here, nice on-shore breeze blowing, not a cloud in the sky.

Absolutely beautiful.

I love it here. :thumbsup:

But you have no weather.
Now Chicago, that's weather.

 

[Fenixgoon]

california = paradise does not compute: see government and budget.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
california = paradise does not compute: see government and budget.

California = the ILLUSION of paradise.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
california = paradise does not compute: see government and budget.

That is one of the big factors keeping me from moving to San Diego.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: mharr7
I love Florida...lived here my whole life, no reason to leave(unless for the Virgin Islands or something like that

Too humid in the summer? Too many retired people? Always causes problems in elections? No hills? Hurricanes?

 

[bobsmith1492]

California. No weather. Lots of crazy people. Lots of traffic.

I rode my bicycle most of the way around the country, leaving from Michigan in the middle of September.

Twice, when I was camping, I awoke to find frost. This occurred once in Florida and once in California. Go figure...

"There is no such thing as bad weather..."

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
california = paradise does not compute: see government and budget.

That is one of the big factors keeping me from moving to San Diego.

Even with the fucked up government and high taxes it's worth it.

 

[coldmeat]

Let me guess... you drove your motorcycle to work today? WE GET IT

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
California. No weather. Lots of crazy people. Lots of traffic.

I rode my bicycle most of the way around the country, leaving from Michigan in the middle of September.

Twice, when I was camping, I awoke to find frost. This occurred once in Florida and once in California. Go figure...

"There is no such thing as bad weather..."

My Mom is from Michigan and I've spent no small amount of time there. But let's not turn this into a bash Michigan thread.

To answer your question though I've seen icicles hanging off the bushes of a neighbor's lawn from his sprinklers in the early morning hours. Of course that's only happened once in the 19 years I've lived here. It does get down in the mid 30s at night during the winter.

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Let me guess... you drove your motorcycle to work today? WE GET IT

:laugh:

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: bobsmith1492
California. No weather. Lots of crazy people. Lots of traffic.

I rode my bicycle most of the way around the country, leaving from Michigan in the middle of September.

Twice, when I was camping, I awoke to find frost. This occurred once in Florida and once in California. Go figure...

"There is no such thing as bad weather..."

My Mom is from Michigan and I've spent no small amount of time there. But let's not turn this into a bash Michigan thread.

To answer your question though I've seen icicles hanging off the bushes of a neighbor's lawn from his sprinklers in the early morning hours. Of course that's only happened once in the 19 years I've lived here. It does get down in the mid 30s at night during the winter.

No lets...it freakin snowed here today!!!!

 

[Red Squirrel]

I would not mind living in a hot place. While I find anything above +25 too hot, think I'd get used to it fast. I'm sick of winter! (the fact that it's spring on the calandar means nothing here)

*blizzard outside, again*

 

[Descartes]

Some areas of Cali are about the best blend of paradise and civilization that we have in the states, no doubt. The rest is completely mediocre and not worth the added trouble of living there. If you're not within a very easy walking/driving distance from the ocean, why bother?

San Diego is the best place to be in Cali, imo.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Let me guess... you drove your motorcycle to work today? WE GET IT

Dude, I do that all the time. I did it last week twice and didn't post a thread about it.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Some areas of Cali are about the best blend of paradise and civilization that we have in the states, no doubt. The rest is completely mediocre and not worth the added trouble of living there. If you're not within a very easy walking/driving distance from the ocean, why bother?

San Diego is the best place to be in Cali, imo.

I live in North County San Diego about 5 miles from the ocean.

Inland is just desert and wasteland except for Palm Springs and, of course, the local mountains which are also beautiful.

 

[TehMac]

:thumbsup:

It was very beautiful today, I live right around where Jules does, a bit more south, but yeah, it was great. I went outside, did a little bathing the suns pretty warm rays, and now am doing my geology. --_--

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I would not mind living in a hot place. While I find anything above +25 too hot, think I'd get used to it fast. I'm sick of winter! (the fact that it's spring on the calandar means nothing here)

*blizzard outside, again*

Personally I find anything below 25 to be pretty annoying, way too much ice and crap.

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: sjwaste

Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
california = paradise does not compute: see government and budget.

That is one of the big factors keeping me from moving to San Diego.

Even with the fucked up government and high taxes it's worth it.

I dunno, man. I live in Virginia, and even in the part of VA that has "high" taxes, it doesn't hold a candle to what I'd have to part with in CA. I'll put it to you this way: On a per-acre basis, the area I'm in is probably on par with some of the nicer areas of San Diego County. However, I pay about 0.85% on my property taxes. HOAs aren't prevalent, either.

No local income tax, and the state rate is 5.75% for anything over 17k. Wages are pretty much on par, although our job market here is faring a ton better.

From a financial perspective, we'd have to cut way back on our standard of living. But it definitely is paradise. That's why we visit my fiancee's folks as much as possible, especially since they got the new place up near Carlsbad a few blocks from the beach

You're probably right, though, now that I think about it, it's still probably worth it.